Exodus
Exodus 7:9
9“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.a”
Footnotes
- a 7:9 Hebrew tannin; here and in verse 10, in contrast to Moses’ staff, which became a nachashin Exodus 4:3|EXO 4:3and was noted again in Exodus 7:15
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When | כִּי֩ | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| Pharaoh | פַּרְעֹה֙ | par·‘ōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6547 Pharaoh |
| tells you | יְדַבֵּ֨ר | yə·ḏab·bêr | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| Perform | תְּנ֥וּ | tə·nū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| a miracle | מוֹפֵ֑ת | mō·w·p̄êṯ | Noun - masculine singular | H4159 wonder, sign, portent |
| you are to say | וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | wə·’ā·mar·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to Aaron | אַהֲרֹ֗ן | ’a·hă·rōn | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H175 Aaron |
| Take | קַ֧ח | qaḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3947 take |
| your staff | מַטְּךָ֛ | maṭ·ṭə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H4294 staff, rod, shaft |
| and throw it down | וְהַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ | wə·haš·lêḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H7993 throw, fling, cast |
| before | לִפְנֵֽי־ | lip̄·nê- | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| Pharaoh | פַרְעֹ֖ה | p̄ar·‘ōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6547 Pharaoh |
| it | יְהִ֥י | yə·hî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a serpent | לְתַנִּֽין׃ | lə·ṯan·nîn | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H8577 serpent, dragon, sea-monster |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 7:11 · John 2:18 · Exodus 4:2 · John 6:30 · Exodus 4:17 · Exodus 10:13
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.